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Rights

January 23, 2023

Court remands five men over murder of three women

The police said four of the accused, while driving in the Akinmorin area of Oyo, allegedly crushed three women to death.

Court room used to illustrate the story
January 23, 2023

Court remands two Kaduna men for alleged possession of illicit drugs

The suspects and others still at large, were on December 21, 2022, caught dealing in cannabis at the Kaduna-Abuja road.

Cannabis 
January 22, 2023

BBC documentary blocked in India for undermining sovereignty

The documentary questions Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

BBC, Narendra Modi
January 22, 2023

MKO Abiola’s widow slams N100 billion defamation suit on police, others

Prof. Zainab-Duke Abiola is accusing the police of allegedly framing her in September 2022 for assaulting a police inspector.

Prof Zainab Duke-Abiola
January 22, 2023

Woman with penis docked for raping two women in Scotland

The accused denies the charges and has lodged special defences claiming the sex was consensual.

Glasgow High Court
January 21, 2023

Four years since murder of Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela, Ghana’s journalists still attacked with impunity

Since Divela’s death, at least 30 other Ghanaian journalists and media workers have faced abuses in connection with their work, including attacks, threats, and arrests.

The office of Ghanaian broadcaster Radio Ada FM pictured after it was ransacked on January 13, 2022.
January 21, 2023

Sexual Assault: Dani Alves jailed on remand in Spain as Punas UNAM terminate contract

The 39-year-old who has denied any wrongdoing was taken to the Brians 1 jail outside Barcelona.

Dani Alves
January 21, 2023

Lagos man in court for allegedly defiling neighbour’s eight-year-old daughter

The minor was playing with her mates in the compound when the suspect lured her inside his room.

Court symbol used to tell the story
January 20, 2023

Nasarawa varsity bans use of smartphones among students

A January 18 memo by the university register, Esther Dyaji, added that violators’ phones will be confiscated.

Bingham University
January 20, 2023

Supreme Court restores Akpabio as APC candidate for Akwa Ibom North senatorial district

Mr Godswill Akpabio challenged the judgement of the Court of Appeal Abuja, which set aside an earlier Federal High Court Abuja victory.

Godswill Akpabio